Biodiversity in the mountains is a major source of sustenance for local communities By Janita Gurung and NehaBisht More than a hundred and fifty years ago, the British naturalist explorer, Joseph Dalt...

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Kathmandu: In a bid to contribute to Nepal’s tourism through series of spectacular photos of the world’s highest peak, the team of “First Women Journalists Everest Expedition-2018” organized a photo exhibition in Kathmandu.

Port Blair: The body of American missionary-adventurer John Allen Chau may never be recovered from the lost island where he fell in a volley of arrows fired by a reclusive tribe whose existence is threatened by the modern world, say experts. The mena...

Varanasi: Boats loaded with wood arrive almost constantly at the ghats of Varanasi for around 200 cremations per day on the banks of India’s holy Ganges river. Each pyre needs between 200 and 400 kilogrammes (440 and 880 pounds) of wood, meanin...

By Shristi Kafle When a giant colorful balloon appeared in the ground near the pristine lake of the Fewa Lake in Nepal’s most popular tourism destination Pokhara on Saturday morning, hundreds of people gathered for the unusual scene with excite...